Another arrest in troubled neighborhood

Making their presence felt in a Hyannis neighborhood days after gunfire rang out in the area, Barnstable police this morning arrested a man for possession of cocaine after a foot chase.

HYANNIS Ė Making their presence felt in the troubled Fresh Holes/Hiramar Road neighborhood days after hostile gunfire rang out in the area last week, Barnstable police this morning arrested a man for possession of cocaine and counterfeit bills after a foot chase.

Dexton Gardner, 23, of 406 Bearses Way, was first spotted by officers patrolling the area in an unmarked police cruiser at about 9:30 a.m.

Gardner was allegedly standing with another man in front of 398 Bearses Way. When the two men saw the officers, Gardner allegedly ran behind a nearby bush and appeared to put his hand in the bushes, according to Barnstable Police Sgt. Sean Sweeney.

An officer approached Gardner and spotted two small plastic bags containing white powder in the bushes near Gardner. When the officer told Gardner he was under arrest, he allegedly fled on foot down Bearses Way to Alicia Road across the street, Sweeney said.

Officers lost sight of their suspect as he ran behind a home on Alicia Road. Police spoke to the man who lived in the home. When the officers asked the resident if he saw someone running down the street, the man asked police to search his home to make sure no one was hiding on his property, Sweeney said, reading from the police report.

Gardner was allegedly found hiding in the bulkhead area in the manís basement. He tried to run again, Sweeney said. But officers Dennis Noonan, Edward Cronin and Jeff Jackson apprehended him before he got away.

When Gardner was being booked at the police station, officers allegedly discovered Gardner had three counterfeit $100 bills in his pocket.

Gardner is being charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of counterfeit bills. Police also later determined that the plastic bags in the bushes was cocaine, Sweeney said.

Because Gardner is a Jamaican national, police contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who asked Barnstable to hold Gardner so they could determine whether Gardner was in the country illegally, Sweeney said.

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